| At 18 songs, this compilation runs long, and some of the latter cuts fall flat. |
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| She lets one pithy epigram after the next fall flat, sadly clouding the brilliance of this real gem of a play. |
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| A book that's not bad in context that would fall flat presented in modern terms. |
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| Some of the jokes fall flat, and I'm not sure how I feel about the tone of the ending. |
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| Whatever the reason, his public persona seems guarded and calculating and his repeated protestations of humility usually fall flat. |
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| The impact caused me to trip over my two feet and fall flat on my stomach, dropping Gabriella. |
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| Some jokes fall flat, shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward. |
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| Without a studio audience to warm things up, Vaughan's attempts to jolly things along fall flat to the sounds of nervous giggles from the crew. |
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| As it is, their jokes fall flat and it is not due to any lack of talent by the artists involved. |
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| Ironically the only covers which seem to fall flat here are the film tie-in editions which look stodgy next to the originally designed covers. |
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| Luckily, sentiments like these fall flat when gravelized through the vocoder anyway. |
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| She jumped off the swing to stand before him, but she misjudged her footing and tripped over her long skirts to fall flat on her face. |
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| Articulation is critical the pianist must observe and execute staccato notes and slurs with real style, or the piece will fall flat. |
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| It makes me think fondly back to the days when I was at drama school, where you'd be encouraged to fall flat on your face, to try things out. |
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| Who will triumph in teetering stilettos and who will fall flat on her fake-tanned bake? |
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| The snaps between characters fall flat, and all other attempts at comedy simply wither and die. |
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| I considered cheering her up with maybe a joke or something, but my jokes always fall flat. |
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| Choose from endless styles that won't fall flat the minute you walk out the door. |
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| One foot in the Louvre and the whole body down river at Quai Branly, it's enough to make you lose your balance and fall flat on your peace pipe! |
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| That can fall flat on its face, and if does so, then public confidence is lost. |
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| European development policy will fall flat on its face if it cannot bring about genuine change in women's circumstances. |
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| We do not want to fall flat on our faces, though: growth is not appropriate for all areas. |
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| But a message which works in one part of the world may fall flat elsewhere. |
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| If the French Presidency carries on like this, the IGC will fall flat on its face on Nice's hard pebble beach. |
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| For tousled looks, like a messy bun, you must make sure that your volume won't lose control or fall flat. |
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| And if what you have to say does not matter to your audience, then your speech will fall flat. |
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| These people fall flat on their faces when Klaus moves away, and they are of course angry on him then. |
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| Her character has to contend with flowery, overwrought speeches full of melodrama that are meant to generate some degree of humor, but which tend to fall flat. |
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| His attempts at thoughtfulness fall flat, especially when he attempts On Walden Pond-esque introspection and self-assessment. |
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| Admittedly, most of the cast lack the comic timing to make all the jokes fly, but for every joke that does fall flat there are at least two more that work. |
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| In fairness, like glossies anywhere, French tabloids are fallible, prone to playing up alleged trysts that fall flat. |
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| And a company may believe in and invest in a product that looked like a good idea, only to have it fall flat simply because the potential customers don't want it. |
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| Faldo's attempts at humour in the opening ceremony seemed to fall flat with the audience. |
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| Were the flavours really lively and well balanced, or did they fall flat? |
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| They miss it and they fall flat on their paintbrush. |
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| Everyone who has ever spent considerable time and effort creating a beautiful hairstyle knows the frustration of having it fall flat, frizz up or fizzle out within what seems like minutes after you put down the blow dryer. |
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| While all of this technological growth is certainly impressive, it would fall flat if it wasn't supported by some of the industry's best and brightest minds. |
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| You need their buy-in on the new plan or it is likely to fall flat. |
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| When the Conservatives do not have any knowledge, any background, any inclination to support climate change and any inclination to support aboriginal people, they will fall flat on their faces and keep on talking rhetoric. |
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| But on reflection, I think that may be of benefit, because anyone with fine hair will know that softness reads floppiness and that often makes matters worse, causing hair to fall flat before you've even put on your coat. |
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| Try to fall flat, or on your feet or hands. |
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| Literary adaptations can similarly fall flat. |
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| For example, how are we to characterize the many jokes linked to horns and cuckoldry that regularly fall flat in performance today? |
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| Just as the wings of a bird, perfect as they are, are useless without supporting air, so techniques will fall flat unless they are sustained by knowledge. |
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| And, at the flick of a lever, the rear seats fall flat for super-stable carrying if it'something more fragile you want to transport, like your grandmother clock. |
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| You don't want him to see you fall flat on your face on a bunny slope. |
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